Business

SQUARESPACE WEB DESIGN | CREATION WITHOUT CODE (SOPHOMORES ONLY)

This is a project-based course that teaches students how to build their own web pages using SaaS-based hosting platform SquareSpace. Students will gain a foundational knowledge of SquareSpace website creation and apply it to the planning, design, and development of their own website over the course of the semester. E-commerce, Marketing/Content Creation, and SEO optimization will be studied extensively. The course is hugely interactive with projects, checklists & actionable lectures built into every unit of study. Students will finish this course with tangible, professional, mobile-responsive websites.

ACCOUNTING (JUNIORS) *DC

This course provides students with a solid understanding of accounting principles. Students learn how to manually write journal entries, post to the general ledger, summarize accounts and transfer to trial balance and finalize financial statements. The focus is on the basic accounting principles concerning the accounting cycle. Students are able to recognize and analyze the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow. Students also are able to perform many managerial accounting functions such as analytical review, accounting information systems, and internal controls. The course will also touch on accounting skills related to accounting for merchandising operations, inventories, accounting for receivables, plant assets, natural resources and intangible assets, current liabilities, and payroll. Students will discuss the relationship between course content and the real- world to build skills in creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. The course is designed for juniors and seniors interested in pursuing a business degree in college.

*DC: This course is part of the St Augustine Prep Dual Credit Program, in which students can earn college credits for an additional fee.

PERSONAL FINANCE (SENIORS)

Personal Finance prepares students with the financial skills to become productive and active participants in the business world. The course focuses on the personal financial challenges the students will encounter. Students learn how to invest and trade in the stock market using virtual investing to simulate the real world. The course explores many important areas of interest to enhance financial security. Students learn the skills necessary to make career money management, financial security, credit management, estate planning, and risk management decisions. Students gain experience in analyzing stock market movements to build skills in flexibility, critical thinking, and collaboration.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (ONE SEMESTER) (JUNIORS AND SENIORS) *DC

• This course is linked with Marketing for juniors and seniors or Entrepreneurship for seniors

Business Management is a foundational course that provides students with an introductory overview of the world of business in the following areas: Business Strategy; Management Skills and Techniques; Organizational Structures; Leadership; Global Business; Business Ethics and Social Responsibility; Forms of Business Ownership; Human Resource Management; and Operations Management. The course allows students to explore various business strategies and management practices in a diverse, dynamic environment. It combines the academic study of business with a series of real-world scenarios and simulations that provide students with a comprehensive practical, situational view of the modern business landscape. Through a series of experiential exercises, students develop and advance in-demand, both hard and soft business skills such as: critical thinking and problem-solving; collaborative project management and execution; identifying and analyzing the key data and information that drive business decisions; identifying and measuring objectives through key performance indicators and other best practices; clear, concise, effective written communication; and increased proficiency in oral communication through presentation exercises. Business Management is designed for juniors and seniors interested in pursuing a business degree in college.

*DC: This course is part of the St Augustine Prep Dual Credit Program, in which students can earn college credits for an additional fee.

MARKETING (ONE SEMESTER) (JUNIORS AND SENIORS) *DC

• Successful completion of Business Management.

One of the most in-demand, dynamic growth industries and fields of specialization in the modern business environment is the critical field of Marketing. Companies are facing rapidly evolving challenges in terms of effectively engaging with their customers in order to drive business in a hyper-competitive, interconnected global market; this reality provides an array of opportunities for people with a solid foundation in Marketing fundamentals and strategies. The St. Augustine Prep Marketing course facilitates the development of a skill set that is essential in the current business environment. Through a study of foundational academic business information and best practices, and a series of real-world scenarios and simulations, the Marketing course develops key success-building skills such as collaboration and teamwork; problem-solving; data proficiency; the application of analytics; effective, persuasive written communication; the construction and delivery of an effective business narrative; and oral presentation skills. The course focuses on immersing students in the world of Marketing, and the world of marketers, through the study of the marketing mix (i.e., the four P’s of Marketing - product, price, place, and promotion); defining a market; targeting; segmentation; and differentiated and undifferentiated strategies and execution. Marketing is designed for juniors and seniors who are interested in pursuing a business degree in college.

*DC: This course is part of the St Augustine Prep Dual Credit Program, in which students can earn college credits for an additional fee

HONORS MICROECONOMICS (FIRST SEMESTER) (SENIORS) *DC

• This course is linked with the semester course Honors Macroeconomics

Honors Microeconomics provides students with a comprehensive view and a solid, relational understanding of the fundamental principles, systems, and activities of Economics from a granular, detailed perspective. The objective of the course is rooted in developing students into informed, analytical participants in the U.S. Free Enterprise System and the increasingly connected global financial and economic landscapes. The course’s focus is on a fast-paced but deep and interactive dive into the basic Microeconomic principles concerning the following key areas: production and production costs; opportunity cost; economic growth; market demand and supply; market structures; and markets in action. St. Augustine Prep Honors Microeconomics students are skilled in the identification, relevance, impact, and analysis of key economic performance indicators. Students are also proficient in communicating concepts and analyses clearly and effectively and are practiced in the skills of technical business writing, report and presentation construction, and oral presentation skills. Additionally, the emphasis is placed on collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Honors Microeconomics is designed for seniors who are interested in pursuing a business degree in college.

*DC: This course is part of the St Augustine Prep Dual Credit Program, in which students can earn college credits for an additional fee.

HONORS MACROECONOMICS (SECOND SEMESTER) (SENIORS) *DC

• Prerequisite: Successful completion of Microeconomics

Honors Macroeconomics provides students with a comprehensive view and a solid, relational understanding of the fundamental principles, systems, and activities of Economics from an aggregated, scaled perspective. The objective of the course is rooted in developing students into informed, analytical participants in the U.S. Free Enterprise System and the increasingly connected global financial and economic landscapes. The course’s focus is on a fast-paced but deep and interactive dive into the basic Macroeconomic principles concerning the following key areas: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and other key economic indicators; business cycles and unemployment; inflation; Keynesian Economics; modern economic theory and policy; aggregate demand and supply; fiscal and monetary policy; the role of the Federal Reserve and other governmental agencies relating to Economics; the public sector; federal deficits, surpluses, and the national debt; monopolies and antitrust; and the regulatory environment. St. Augustine Prep Honors Macroeconomics students are skilled in the identification, relevance, impact, and analysis of key economic performance indicators and associated situations, issues, and policies. Students are also proficient in communicating concepts and analyses clearly and effectively and are practiced in the skills of technical business writing, report and presentation construction, and oral presentation skills. Additionally, the emphasis is placed on collaboration and teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Honors Macroeconomics is designed for seniors who are interested in pursuing a business degree in college.

*DC: This course is part of the St Augustine Prep Dual Credit Program, in which students can earn college credits for an additional fee.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP (ONE SEMESTER) (SENIORS) *DC

• Prerequisite: Successful completion of at least two of the following business courses: (1) Business Management, (2) Accounting, or (3) Honors Microeconomics.

• This course is linked with Business Management (One Semester course)

This course will provide students with an introduction to the creative and innovative managerial practices of successful entrepreneurship. This course reviews the significant economic and social contributions entrepreneurs provide to society, the development of entrepreneurship in the 21st Century, an assessment of entrepreneurial opportunities, and the pathways to entrepreneurial success. Students engage in the entrepreneurial process through working in groups to simulate a real-life business setting, hone presentation skills through a variety of different types of presentations, and focus on the importance of effective communication through development of different business writing projects.

*DC: This course is part of the St Augustine Prep Dual Credit Program, in which students can earn college credits for an additional fee.